Re: Still frustrated trying to add buttons!

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Thank you again, Suzanne. I will see if IT will have pity upon me.

Ed

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If you are unable to change the Registry on your local machine, then you
basically can't enable *any* options the company doesn't provide.
Practically all the settings in the Tools | Options dialog are stored in
the
Registry, along with many other settings. There is a table at the very end
of KB822005 ("How to reset user options and registry settings in Microsoft
Office Word 2003, Microsoft Word 2002, and Microsoft Word 2000") that
shows
where settings are stored; see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822005.
Other useful articles ar "Where settings are stored in the registry for
Word
2000" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=212242 and "WD97: Where
Settings
Are Stored in the Registry" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=157464.
These will give you an indication of the options you can't change if you
don't have access to the Registry.

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"Ed" <ed_millis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That may a large part of the problem, Suzanne. This is on a work
computer,
and our IT department has permissions locked up so tight I can do nothing
outside of my UserName folder without jumping through hoops and full-bore
justification. I can't even do a defrag! Touch the registry??
Sacrilege!
So I muddle on.

Ed

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've never had this problem. If your options settings are not being
saved,
perhaps you need to rebuild the Word Data key in the Registry?

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"Ed" <ed_millis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I do that *every time* the lil' bugger shows up! The only one ever
checked
is "Show Office Clipboard Automatically", and it gets unchecked every
time.
The only thing I can figure out is I accidentally press CTRL+C twice,
which
invokes it the same as picking it from the Edit menu, regardless of
what
I
want Word to do.

Word needs a "Smith Corona" mode, I tell ya!

Ed

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If you're talking about the Office Clipboard, there is. I never see
it
except when occasionally I click on it on the Edit menu in order to
give
the
instructions I'm about to provide: At the bottom left corner of the
task
pane is an Options button. Click on it and make sure that none of
the
Show
options is checked.

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Words into Type
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"Ed" <ed_millis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks, Suzanne. Now if there was only some way to permanently
kill
that
Copy Task Pane . . .
Ed

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No, this has been true in every version of Word, but more recent
versions
of
Word have permitted saving toolbars, shortcut keys, macros, etc.,
in
documents as well as templates.

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"Ed" <ed_millis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Geez! Did they just add that for Word XP? Okay - I think that
clears
up
my
mystery. Now, to clear up my toolbars!

Thanks.
Ed

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What is called the "customization context" is important here:
when
you
add
your toolbar button, check what is selected for "Save in" in
the
Customize
dialog.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Ed" <ed_millis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Additionally, I added the strike-through button onto the
toolbar
of
the
New
doc - and now it's showing up TWICE on the toolbar for the
report
doc!
Can
someone tell me what's going on?

Ed

"Ed" <ed_millis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my
toolbars
has
become specific to documents, or at least Word instances,
in
Word
XP.
I
was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a
button
for
a
menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there
the
next
time
I
opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not
so
in
Word
XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a
different
document.

For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current
report,
so
I
added the button through Tools >> Customize. I can open
the
report
doc
again and it's still there. While the report doc is open,
I
click
New -
and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a
dozen
times
since
I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc
created
on
Normal!

What gives??!?

Ed


















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